I want to create a created_by field in django rest framework model.
It should contain, user_id of currently logged in user and it should be such that I need not send it during POST request in JSON format, it should be taken from request itself, how can I implement it using django rest framework serializer.
models.py file:
class Company(models.Model):
"""Company model for information about company."""
created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, null= True, blank= True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
company_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
serializers.py file:
class CompanySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
"""Serializer for companies."""
class Meta:
model = Company
fields = ('id', 'created_by', 'company_name')
v1.py file:
class CompanyList(APIView):
"""Get and post companies data."""
def get(self, request, format=None):
"""Get companies data.."""
companies = Company.objects.all()
serialized_companies = CompanySerializer(companies, many=True)
return Response(serialized_companies.data)
def post(self, request, format=None):
"""Post companies data."""
serializer = CompanySerializer(data=request.data)
if serializer.is_valid():
serializer.save()
return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)